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Midland Pac. Bldg. Corp. v. King

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In action for breach of contract and fraud, denial of anti-SLAPP motion claiming the lawsuit arises from the exercise of constitutional rights of free...

Steidl v. Fermon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against police officers for concealing exculpatory evidence, denial of summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Salas v. WI Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a former corrections employee alleging violations under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 in his dismissal, summary judgment for...

Doe v. Michigan Dep't of State Police

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
In a putative class action brought by "youthful trainees" challenging the constitutionality of certain provisions of Michigan's Sex Offender...

Sheehan v. San Francisco 49ers, Ltd.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Sports Law
In suit alleging violations of the state constitutional right to privacy based on the professional football team the San Francisco 49ers' patdown...

In re James R.

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
A juvenile placed out of home under state delinquency laws has a fundamental constitutional right to visitation by family members and the trial court...

Morales v. Jones

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging retaliation by a police chief and deputy in violation of the First Amendment, judgment for plaintiffs is reversed and remanded...

Edgerly v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights suit arising from plaintiff's arrest for trespassing within the gated area of a Cooperative and a resulting search, judgment as a...

White v. Kautzky

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action contending the absence of a prison library or an attorney to perform legal research violated plaintiff's right of...

Callahan v. Millard County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil rights action arising from a police raid of plaintiff's home, summary judgment for defendants is reversed in part and remanded where: 1)...